The first match of Group G produced quite a scene. A penalty, 4 goals, a red card, a hat-trick and 3 injuries kept people watching.
On his 50th cap, Thomas Müller scored his first hat-trick and that of the FIFA World Cup 2014. It was also the first German World Cup hat-trick since Miroslav Klose in 2002.
At the start Portugal was the attacking team, the Germans only got the ball every once in a while. However, that changed very quickly.
Müller gave Germany the lead after Mario Götze was brought down in the box. It was a soft challenge but there was contact and so the penalty was awarded.
The head of Hummels then scored Germany's second goal after a Toni Kroos delivery from a corner.
To add more misery to the Portuguese first FIFA World Cup 2014 match, Pepe was then handed a red card after he gave Müller a little punch on the face. It appeared that Pepe was furious and in the heat of the moment he leaned over Müller who had remained on the ground after the incident and began insulting him and gave him a headbutt. As a senior player, Pepe should have kept his cool, he wouldn't have been given a red card.
Germany kept punishing Portugal when Müller scored his second goal of the match just before heading down the tunnel at the break.
As if things weren't going bad enough for Portugal, Fabio Coentrao and Nani failed to communicate and ended up bumping into each other and messing up a chance for a goal.
It was not Portugal's day. In the first half Almeida was substituted after sustaining an injury. In the second half, Coentrao also incurred an injury while going after the ball. However, Almeida and Coentrao wouldn't be the only casualties. Goal scorer Hummels was also amongst the injured.
Apparently Portugal's penalty shout should have been given, however, even if it was awarded, it wouldn't have changed the result by much.
It could've been a lot worse for Portugal. If players like Götze had scored from the chances they had, Portugal would have been mortified. CR7 could only do so much. Just a few free-kicks for him to try his magic, but nothing came of it.
